Uses & Gratifications

Merlin

Entertainment/Escapism:

I use Merlin as a source of entertainment and escapism because of its fantasy-adventure genre and action packed story lines.

Merlin fulfills the escapism need for me as it is really easy to get lost in and distracted from real life situations by the stories of magic, wizards and dragons and end up watching a whole season in a day or two, because of these themes in the show its easy to become immersed in the fantasy world and become attached the the characters, feel like you're on the journey with Merlin and you end up not wanting to stop watching.

Merlin is entertaining because of the action scenes, the characters even though fictional and in a fantasy setting are still easy to relate to, feel sympathetic towards and enjoyable to watch the mythical setting where almost anything can happen.

Russell Howard's Good News

Entertainment, Information/Surveillance:

I used Russell Howard's Good News as a source of  Entertainment and Information/Surveillance because Russell's show looks at the most recent, interesting and talked about news stories and topics from all over the world and he makes fun of them and the people involved and tries to put a lighthearted spin on them and keep people positive and entertained.

Russell Howard fulfills Information/Surveillance as i choose to watch it because the normal style of many TV news shows are sometimes quite dry and will not usually keep a lot of my attention for a long time, because of this is way Russell presents his show helps me learn about current events while having fun and enjoying the experience as a whole.

It is also entertaining because he has a stand up comedian at the end of the show and throughout the show Russell presents ridiculous clips from youtube/the news just to make people laugh, he also creates some of his own small sketches/songs that relate to the news topic at hand.